Home Range and Activity Patterns of Red Foxes in Nadgee Nature Reserve.

Phillips, Michael L.; Catling, P. C.

doi:10.1071/wr9910677

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“…Some papers report of a higher activity during the day (Eguchi and Nakazono 1980, Phillips and Catling 1991, Lovari et al 1994. The diurnal activity of one female found in this study has a parallel in the inversion of activity rhythms shown by a female in Australia, attributed to breeding (Phillips and Catling 1991).…”

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Home range, habitat selection and activity of the red fox in a Mediterranean coastal ecotone

Cavallini¹,

Lovari²

1994

Acta Theriol.

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Home range, habitat selection and activity of the red fox in a Mediterranean coastal ecotone Paolo CAVALLINI and Sandro LOVARI* Cavallini P. and Lovari S. 1994. Home range, habitat selection and activity of the red fox in a Mediterranean coastal ecotone. Acta theriol. 39: 279-287.Ranging behaviour and activity of five (2 females, 3 males) red foxes Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Mediterranean coastal area of Maremma Natural Park (central Italy; an area of great habitat diversity) are described. One female ranged over a very small area and had diurnal activity rhythms. For other foxes, home range size (100% minimum convex polygon) varied between 86 and 485 ha (larger than fox ranges in urban areas and smaller than in northern or homogeneous areas), and core areas (50% harmonic mean) between 4.0 and 13.7 ha. Habitat diversity within home ranges was significantly higher than that of the overall area. Within their home ranges, foxes selected scrubwood for resting. When active, they showed individual differences in habitat selection. Peak activity was between 20.00 h and 22.00 h, but foxes were active also during the day.

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Home range, habitat selection and activity of the red fox in a Mediterranean coastal ecotone

Cavallini¹,

Lovari²

1994

Acta Theriol.

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“…Data on home-range size and core-areas were analyzed using the Animal Movement SA version 2.0 in ArcView (version 3.3; ESRI). The minimum number of locations required to accurately assess the home-range size of the pack was estimated by plotting cumulative home-range sizes against the number of locations (i.e., asymptotic home-range; Philipps & Catling, 1991). Similar to Case Study 1, home-range values were calculated using the 100% minimum convex polygon (MCP) and the 95% fixed Kernel method while the 50% fixed-kernel method was used to estimate size and shape of the coreareas or centers of activity within home-ranges.…”

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Use of Telemetry Data to Investigate Home Range and Habitat Selection in Mammalian Carnivores

Silva-Opps¹,

Opps²

2011

Modern Telemetry

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“…The minimum number of locations required to accurately assess the home-range size of each animal was estimated by plotting cumulative home-range sizes against the number of locations (i.e. asymptotic home-range; [28]). The minimum convex polygon (MCP; [29]) and the 95% fixed-kernel [30] methods were used to determine homerange areas.…”

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Habitat use and home range size of red foxes in Prince Edward Island (Canada) based on snow-tracking and radio-telemetry data

2009

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There is a lack of information regarding the ecology and behaviour of red foxes that can be used to elaborate effective management programs for this species on Prince Edward Island (Canada). The main goal of this study was to provide baseline information on habitat selection and home range size of red foxes on Prince Edward Island. Data were collected from snow-tracking and radio-telemetry sessions conducted in two study sites (including one site within Prince Edward Island National Park). Our results indicated that red foxes selected for roads and human-use areas during both the breeding and the kit-rearing seasons in the park. Outside the park, however, the data failed to conclusively show that foxes have a unique preference for human-use habitats or roads. Forests were selected against in both study sites. Although roads are frequently visited by foxes during the kit-rearing season in the park, each individual fox typically stays in this habitat only for short periods of time (< 15 min). This finding suggests that foraging efficiency along the roads is very high possibly reflecting the abundance of anthropogenic food sources. Overall, we present the largest amount of data on habitat selection ever collected for red foxes in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Our results show that food sources in human-use areas and roads are altering the selection and/or use of habitats of red foxes in some areas of Prince Edward Island.

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Home Range and Activity Patterns of Red Foxes in Nadgee Nature Reserve.

Cited by 78 publications

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Home range, habitat selection and activity of the red fox in a Mediterranean coastal ecotone

Home range, habitat selection and activity of the red fox in a Mediterranean coastal ecotone

Use of Telemetry Data to Investigate Home Range and Habitat Selection in Mammalian Carnivores

Habitat use and home range size of red foxes in Prince Edward Island (Canada) based on snow-tracking and radio-telemetry data

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